Improvement in mounting



J. B. NEWMAN.

Gun-Carriage. No, 43,330. P-muted June 28, 1864.

JOHN B. NEVMAN, OF MILFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOUNTING .HEAVY GUNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,330, dated June 2S, 1861.

.To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN B. NEWMAN, of Milford, in the county of Pike and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improved'lVlode of Conveying and Mounting Heavy Guns, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure lis a side elevation of my improved apparatus, as employed for mounting a piece of heavy ordnance. Fig. 2 isa plan or top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the yokes to be hereinafter described, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several iigures.

The object of this invention is vto obviate the difiiculty involved and reduce the time and labor required in elevating, mounting, or moving from place to place heavy ordnance; and by the means which I employ to effect 'this object a very small body of men are e11 abled to move and elevate a gun of immense weight in a most expeditious manner, and without undue exertion, as will'be hereinafter fully explained, I

In order that others skilledin the art to which my invention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and use the same, -I will pro! ceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents an inclined chassis, which may be adapted to revolve on the table B.

C represents the gun-carriage, upon which the gun Dis to be mounted, the gun being provided with trunnions D D in customary manner, for which trunnions the carriage is provided with bearings C G. The respective side pieces of the frame A form ways upon which the gun-carriage Gis permitted to slide longitudinally,for the purpose to be explained.

E E represent strong timbers or ways supported in parallel position with and on the lrespective outer sldes of the chassis'A, and inclined in an opposite direction theretoas clearly shown' in Fig. 1.

F Fl represent strong yokes, each of which is provided with pivoted sections F2 F2, upon which latter are formed axles for the receprespective sections F2, and these sections' are prevented from turning on the pivots which form the attaching medium between themselves and the yokes F F', by means of pins f, which may be inserted into either of a series of apertures, f, these latter adapting the axles of the wheels G to be securely re; tained in a position either parallel or nonparallel with the yokes, so as to permit the lgun to be moved straight forward or turned in its course, as circumstances may require.

The form of the yokes, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, is made to correspond to the periph ery of the gun, and they may be provided with angular blocks or pieces f2, of steel or other suitable metal, which prevent the gun from becoming tightly wedged into the yokes, and thereby avoid difficulty in removing the same when the gun has been mounted or deposited in the desired position.

E E represent skids, which may be placed up against and rest upon the lower ends of the ways E E, the lower ends of these skids E resting upon the level surface from which it may be desired to elevate the gun.

`From the` above description of the construction of the apparatus its operation will be readily understood.

Vhen the gun D is to be placed upon the yokes, so as to be mounted or removed, its normal position will admit of the yoke F being passed beneath the breech. The yoke F is then placed under the gun at a point in front of the trunnions D' D@ and moved back by the levers G until the weight of the gun is entirely sustained by the yokes. This having been accomplished, the wheels are turned by the levers H, in the manner described, and the gun moved up on the skids E E'. By my improved apparatus one or two men at each lever II will be able to mount a gun of the heaviest caliber in any desired position. When the gun is to be mounted, the carriage C is moved forward and downward upon the chassis A until it reaches a position in which the trunnions will be allowed to pass over the, tops while the gun is being` moved up on the ways E, which done, the carriage ismoved back to the position in which the gun is to be mounted, and the gun is moved or allowed to move l 1n a reverse direction, so as to cause the trunnions D to enter their bearings C. The carriage may be then retained in proper position in any suitable manner, and the yokes removed.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. rlhe yokes F F, supported on wheels, substantially as described, and employed for elevating and mounting `guns, as set forth.

2. The pins f, in combination with the apertures f', for adapting the yokes to convey the gun in either a direct or indirect course, in the manner specified.

3. rihe lever H h h 7M, constructed in the manner described, and having its fulcrum in the ears I, when employed in combination JOHN B. NEWMAN.

\Vitnesses:

R. H. MAYHEw, GHAs. DU Bois. 

